Mean Teens: How to Help
About
The World Health Organisation's report on teenage health found that boys are more likely to bully and cyberbully but that girls are more likely to be cyberbullied. Also what is really concerning because of the impact on mental health, is that younger adolescents are particularly at risk of being bullied.
We have to ask, where this stems from? We know that social media has upped the ante over the past 3-4 years. For all the good it can do, it also has the potential to ensnare young people: What they do online can be turned against them in a different context, very easily.
We don't really think Teens are Mean, but we do think it's more important than ever that we find out; what teens are coping with that is changing their developing teen personalities and personas; how online peer pressure starts and how it can affect wellbeing; how we can help support teens to be braver and more resilient; and how parents can challenge the way their children talk to one another. We hope you join for what will be a fascinating conversation.
Speaker
Jessica Hawley
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Jessica is London-based but born and raised in Mexico City. She then pursued her degree at Colgate University In New York and studied Political Science and Philosophy. Following university, she worked as a Social Worker in New York City and delivered workshops on topics including sexual health and drug prevention before moving to Dubai and onto London with her husband. She received her MA in Education at King’s College London and then went on to gain a PGCE qualification as a Secondary School teacher in Citizenship and PSHE from the Institute of Education. She’s passionate about empowering parents to talk to their children about self- esteem and sexual health. Her motivation is based on work experience, research and most importantly, raising her three daughters.
